Hoping to make a splash with regular-Joe cell phone users, GeeksPhone is marketing this device as an improved version of the Peak, doubling the RAM to 1GB. Still, the Peak+ carries the same 4.3-inch aHD screen, 1.2-GHz dual-core Snapdragon CPU, 4GB of storage (with microSD expansion slot), 8-megapixel rear camera, and 1800 mAh battery.

During the pre-order period, the Peak+ comes at the discounted cost of 149 Euros ($197)  the same price as its developer cousin; the phone is expected to return to a standard, yet unknown, price later, ZDNet said. Shipping is anticipated to begin in mid-September.

The "light and versatile, but also powerful" developer preview Keon is still unavailable from GeeksPhone for 91 Euros.

The first consumer-based Firefox OS device hit shelves in Spain and Madrid early this month, when Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica released the 3.5-inch ZTE Open, with 256MB of RAM, a 3.2-megapixel cam, and a 4GB micro SD card.

A week later, DT subsidiary T-Mobile Poland began selling the Alcatel One Touch Fire in Poland, where consumers can pick up the 3.5-inch, 480-by-320-pixel device, on sale for less than $1 "in combination with a very attractive tariff," according to Deutsche Telekom. The phone will be available in Germany, Hungary, and Greece this fall.

For more, see PCMag's hands on with the Alcatel One Touch Fire and the ZTE Open, previously known as the ZTE Fire, from this year's Mobile World Conference.

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